F2F Class Notes 22nd April (Tony) [S]

Vocabulary

dodge a bullet – to avoid a dangerous or bad situation

eg: I refused the job at Apple, two months later the company went out of business, I really dodged a bullet there.

to steal someone’s thunder – to take away the attention from someone who just did something great

eg: I got a promotion and wanted to tell my mom, but then my sister told her she was having a baby, so she totally stole my thunder.

Original –

Recently I became a mobike member. at first you have to deposit 299 rmb to the company and then use their app to scan the sign on the bike. The bike is unlock and you can ride it. I found some problems, one day I was trying to scan the sign on the bikes for half an hour, but none of them can be unlocked. I think it is something wrong with their server. Today I used a mobike again, but the bark didn’t work, I have to stop my bike by using my foot. Except this usually you can see the bike seats are stolen and some of broken bikes are abandon by the road. Online someone even do a business that can help you unlock these bikes free.

Correction –

Recently I started using mobike. At first you have to put down a 299 rmb deposit, then you can use their app to scan the qr code on the bike to unlock it. I already found some problems, one day I was trying to scan the QR code on different bikes for half an hour, but I couldn’t unlock any of them. I think it must be something wrong with their server. Today I used a mobike again, but the brakes didn’t work, I had to stop my bike with my feet. Except for this, you can usually see the bike seats are stolen and some of the broken bikes are abandoned by the road. someone even ran a business online that could help you hack the lock on these bikes, to use them for free.

Read and discuss next class:

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/words-and-their-stories-rain-rain-go-away-74592.html